<p>Scores of UPSC aspirants today continued their protest demanding scrapping of CSAT, a day after the government announced that English marks in the test will not be included for gradation or merit in the civil services preliminary examination.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The aspirants, who had been protesting against the CSAT format in Mukherjee Nagar of north Delhi for the past 26 days, have now shifted their base to Jantar Mantar.<br /><br />Protestors said they would continue their fight unless Centre doesn't scrap CSAT completely. AAP leader Yogendra Yadav was also present at the protest site.<br /><br />"We are not satisfied with the government's announcement regarding UPSC exams. Government has not fulfilled its promise by proposing such changes. We want Modi-led government to scrap this test completely," Pawan, a protestor, said.<br /><br />Buckling under pressure of street protests, government had yesterday announced that English marks in CSAT-II will not be included for gradation or merit in the civil services preliminary examination.<br /><br />The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) had said that it will issue a notification to reflect the changes announced by the government which the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will implement.<br /><br />The civil services preliminary examination will be held as scheduled on August 24 with the changes announced by government including non-inclusion of English marks in gradation of candidates.<br /><br />There are two compulsory papers of 200 marks each in the civil services preliminary examination. These papers are also known as CSAT I and CSAT II.<br /><br />The CSAT-II paper carries questions on comprehension, interpersonal skills including communication skills, logical reasoning and analytical ability, decision-making and problem- solving, general mental ability, basic numeracy, and English language comprehension skills (of Class X level).<br /><br />The CSAT pattern was implemented from 2011. The civil services examination is conducted in three stages -- preliminary, main and interview -- to choose candidates for Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.</p>
<p>Scores of UPSC aspirants today continued their protest demanding scrapping of CSAT, a day after the government announced that English marks in the test will not be included for gradation or merit in the civil services preliminary examination.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The aspirants, who had been protesting against the CSAT format in Mukherjee Nagar of north Delhi for the past 26 days, have now shifted their base to Jantar Mantar.<br /><br />Protestors said they would continue their fight unless Centre doesn't scrap CSAT completely. AAP leader Yogendra Yadav was also present at the protest site.<br /><br />"We are not satisfied with the government's announcement regarding UPSC exams. Government has not fulfilled its promise by proposing such changes. We want Modi-led government to scrap this test completely," Pawan, a protestor, said.<br /><br />Buckling under pressure of street protests, government had yesterday announced that English marks in CSAT-II will not be included for gradation or merit in the civil services preliminary examination.<br /><br />The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) had said that it will issue a notification to reflect the changes announced by the government which the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will implement.<br /><br />The civil services preliminary examination will be held as scheduled on August 24 with the changes announced by government including non-inclusion of English marks in gradation of candidates.<br /><br />There are two compulsory papers of 200 marks each in the civil services preliminary examination. These papers are also known as CSAT I and CSAT II.<br /><br />The CSAT-II paper carries questions on comprehension, interpersonal skills including communication skills, logical reasoning and analytical ability, decision-making and problem- solving, general mental ability, basic numeracy, and English language comprehension skills (of Class X level).<br /><br />The CSAT pattern was implemented from 2011. The civil services examination is conducted in three stages -- preliminary, main and interview -- to choose candidates for Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.</p>